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Land Adjacent To Woodlands Smithy Lane Mouldsworth Chester

20/00889/OUTRefused

Proposal

Erection of one dwelling

Received
9 March 2020
Decided
27 August 2020 · Refusal
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Sandstone
Approximate site (title boundary)
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  1. Received9 Mar
  2. Validated8 Jun
  3. Consult.10 Jul
  4. Target
  5. Decided27 Aug

Decided in 80 days

This is a planning application at Land Adjacent To Woodlands Smithy Lane Mouldsworth Chester. Chester has handled 11,734 applications of this type and approves 91% of them, typically deciding them in 56 days. This one was decided in 171 days, 16 weeks longer than Chester's median. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 39 applications across Sandstone.

Application Details

Reference
20/00889/OUT
Address
Land Adjacent To Woodlands Smithy Lane Mouldsworth Chester
Local Authority
Chester
Scale / Size
Small
Decision Status
Rejected
Current Status
Refused
Ward
Sandstone
Parish
Mouldsworth

Applicant & Agent

Agent Address
The Old Town Hall The Square Ellesmere SY12 0EP United Kingdom

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
9 March 2020
Consultation Expiry
10 July 2020
Date Decided
27 August 2020
Date Validated
8 June 2020
Date Submitted
9 March 2020
Neighbour Consultation End
10 July 2020

Planning Decision

Decision
Refusal
Decided By
Delegated Decision

Publicity

Site Notice End
9 July 2020

Appeal

Appeal Reference
21/00022/REF
Appeal Status
Decided
Appeal Result
Appeal dismissed

Additional Information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08479545
Documents
37
Coordinates
53.235798, -2.735079
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Chester

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Planning constraints

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: Cheshire West and Chester
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: conservation areas and Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-10-09. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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